> 6) to guard against self-deception Honesty begins with and includes being honest with yourself. There are a great many people who expend great cognitive diss

> 6) to guard against self-deception Honesty begins with and includes being honest with yourself. There are a great many people who expend great cognitive dissonance mental gymnastics entrenching themselves into and lashing their identity to a particular group or side of an issue, e.g., climate change denial. The only people they are fooling are fools including themselves.